Song of Songs 5:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped [with] myrrh, and my fingers [with] sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 5:13 : 13 His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
  • Luke 12:36 : 36 ‹And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.›
  • 2 Cor 7:7 : 7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
  • 2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, [what] clearing of yourselves, yea, [what] indignation, yea, [what] fear, yea, [what] vehement desire, yea, [what] zeal, yea, [what] revenge! In all [things] ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • Rev 3:20 : 20 ‹Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.›
  • Song 3:6 : 6 ¶ Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
  • Song 4:13-14 : 13 Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, 14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
  • Song 5:2 : 2 ¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Song 5:1-4
    4 verses
    87%

    1¶ I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

    2¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.

    3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

    4My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], and my bowels were moved for him.

  • Song 5:6-8
    3 verses
    82%

    6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, [and] was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

    7The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

    8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love.

  • Song 2:5-10
    6 verses
    77%

    5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.

    6His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

    7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.

    8¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

    9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

    10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  • Song 1:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12¶ While the king [sitteth] at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

    13A bundle of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

    14My beloved [is] unto me [as] a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

  • Song 4:6
    74%

    6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

  • Song 7:8-13
    6 verses
    74%

    8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

    9And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth [down] sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

    10¶ I [am] my beloved's, and his desire [is] toward me.

    11Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

    12Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, [whether] the tender grape appear, [and] the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

    13The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates [are] all manner of pleasant [fruits], new and old, [which] I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

  • Song 3:2-6
    5 verses
    74%

    2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

    3The watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

    4[It was] but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

    5I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.

    6¶ Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

  • Song 6:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1¶ Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

    2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

    3I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

  • Song 5:13
    73%

    13His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

  • Prov 7:17
    73%

    17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

  • Song 8:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

    3His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

    4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, until he please.

    5¶ Who [is] this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth [that] bare thee.

  • Song 2:13
    72%

    13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  • Song 4:9-12
    4 verses
    72%

    9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

    10How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

    11Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.

    12A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15¶ A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

    16Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

  • Song 1:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2¶ Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine.

    3Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

    4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

  • Song 5:16
    71%

    16His mouth [is] most sweet: yea, he [is] altogether lovely. This [is] my beloved, and this [is] my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Song 8:14
    70%

    14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

  • Song 6:5
    69%

    5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

  • Song 2:16
    69%

    16My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.